Definitions for circuitous

circuitous cir·cu·i·tous

Spelling: [ser-kyoo-i-tuh s]
IPA: /sərˈkyu ɪ təs/

Circuitous is a 10 letter English word. It's valid Scrabble word worth 14 points. It's valid Words with friends word worth 18 points.

You can make 265 anagrams from letters in circuitous (cciiorstuu).

Definitions for circuitous

adjective

  1. roundabout; not direct:

Origin of circuitous

1655-65; Medieval Latin circuitōsus, equivalent to circuit(us) circuit + -ōsus -ous

Examples for circuitous

Taking a circuitous route, he at last reached a sort of little inn.

The circuitous route that Lincoln claimed, via the Great Lakes, was actually the one best suited for passenger travel in the era.

But a Palestinian from the West Bank would need to travel all the way around on a circuitous route.

The lateness of the hour compelled her to take a circuitous route to London.

Henry led the horse round by a circuitous way back to the path.

They were flawed and beautiful men in circuitous search of redemption, and Newman wore the characters effortlessly.

It seems a circuitous way; but it may prove a way nevertheless.

The ledge could only be reached by a circuitous route three miles away.

There was nothing new, or even objectionable, in the speech, which took a circuitous historical route to its subject.

It seems like you took a circuitous route, rather than coming up through some agency.

Word Value for circuitous
Scrable

14

Words with friends

18

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